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For mankind, evil is injustice and cruelty and indifference to a neighbor’s trouble, while virtue is brotherly love and goodness and justice and beneficence and concern for the welfare of your neighbor.

— Musonius Rufus

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It is not possible to live well today unless you treat it as your last day.

— Musonius Rufus

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Since every man dies, it is better to die with distinction than to live long.

— Musonius Rufus

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What good are gilded rooms or precious stones-fitted on the floor, inlaid in the walls, carried from great distances at the greatest expense? These things are pointless and unnecessary-without them isn’t it possible to live healthy? Aren’t they the source of constant trouble? Don’t they cost vast sums of money that, through public and private charity, may have benefited many?

— Musonius Rufus

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On Stoicism
“The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 2.7.1
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